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Sask.'s largest school divisions say they'll enforce pronoun law as kids head back to class

Regina and Saskatoon public school officials say their employees are expected to follow the legislation, which requires parental consent before students under 16 can use different names or pronouns at school.

Sask. NDP promises gas tax break, no hikes to other taxes as campaign kicks off

Saskatchewan New Democrats kicked off their election campaign Thursday with leader Carla Beck signing her name to a placard promising to suspend the gas tax and not hike other levies.

Younger farmers in Sask. struggling with skyrocketing farmland prices

Farmers and analysts say the rising price of farmland in Saskatchewan has made it difficult for younger producers to expand their operations and compete with large farms, which have continued to get larger.

Reward for suspected hay bale arsonist in Sask. hits $20K

A string of suspected arsons on hay bales, grass and crops around a west-central Saskatchewan town has been both agitating and perplexing, says the local fire chief. It has also prompted a $20,000 reward.

Saskatchewan ends fiscal year with $182M surplus, but well below $1B forecast

Increased tax revenues and a strong economy helped the province avoid a deficit, Finance Minister Donna Harpauer announced Thursday.

Sask. privacy commissioner asks for authority to compel compliance after requests ignored

A report from Saskatchewan's Privacy Comissioner Ron Kruzeniski, released Thursday, said there were 84 times from April 2023 to March 2024 when provincial ministries and agencies partially or fully brushed off his recommendations to have documents made public.

Harrison says family helped jog memory of bringing gun to legislature

A Saskatchewan cabinet minister who initially told the premier he didn't bring a long gun into the legislature, only to reverse himself days later, says talks with family members helped jog his memory.

Saskatchewan Speaker says he was harassed, threatened by government MLAs

The Speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislature has cut up his party membership card and accused some members in Premier Scott Moe's caucus of intimidating him to the point that he fears the government House leader is packing a handgun.

'We will not allow them to masquerade as allies': Queen City Pride bans Sask. Party MLAs from parade

Queen City Pride announced Monday it has barred Saskatchewan Party politicians from participating in Pride festivities because of a law that prevents children under 16 from changing their names or pronouns at school without parental consent.

Moe says Canada Revenue Agency will audit Sask. to see how much owed in carbon levies

The Sask. Party government decided earlier this year to not remit the federal carbon price on natural gas, a move that breaks federal law.